I'm trying to take input, gameName, which is very sensitive to leading spaces as it needs to work with other functions.
When I enter it into the input field, there is no space. When I check it in the DB, directly after being processed, there is a space in front of it. When I pull it from the DB, there is no space, and reinserting it to the DB (after being pulled) removes the space.
The offending code for the page is:
if (isset($_GET) && $_GET['page'] == 'addGame') {
if (isset($_GET) && $_GET['page'] == 'addGame' && $_GET['action'] == 'success') {
?>
<h2>Game added to database.</h2>
<h4><a href='index.php?page=addGame'>Add another</a> or choose something new to do.</h4>
<?
} else {
include('./inc/addGameProc.php');
?>
<fieldset>
<legend><h2>Add game</h2></legend>
<form name='addGame' id='addGame' method='POST'>
<input type='text' name='gameName' placeholder='Game name' required /><br />
<textarea name="gameDesc" class="span12" rows="10" placeholder='Game description' required></textarea><br />
<input type='submit' name='submitNewGame' class='btn btn-primary' /><br />
</form>
</fieldset>
<?
}
}
The add game proc you see is:
<?
if (isset($_POST['submitNewGame']) && $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') {
$database = new database('localhost','wwwander_sradmin','editedout','wwwander_srmain','mysqli');
$database->openConnection();
//save and escape entered material
$gameName = ltrim($_POST['gameName']);
$gameDesc = $database->escapeString($_POST['gameDesc']);
//check that material not already in db
$checkDB = $database->queryDB("SELECT * FROM mainSite_games WHERE gameName='$gameName' AND gameDesc='$gameDesc'");
if ($database->dbNumRows($checkDB) == 1) {
echo "Game already in database";
} else {
//add entered material into db
$addToDB = $database->queryDB("INSERT INTO mainSite_games(gameName, gameDesc) VALUES(\" $gameName \", \" $gameDesc \")");
if (!$addToDB) {
echo "An error occured.";
} else {
header('Location: index.php?page=addGame&action=success');
}
}
$database->closeConnection();
}
?>
You can see my tried and failed ltrim there.
Of course, SO is my last try here. I've done all I know. Any ideas? Any more resources I can provide that I've left out?
EDIT--
After being pulled, there IS a space. The reason I said there wasn't is because where I usually pull it, it's going into a select, where I suppose spaces don't matter since they aren't taken into account? I dunno.
